Employment Law article
Case Comment: The Trigger Litigation [2012] UKSC 14
By Nathalie Mitchell, Olswang LLP
On 28 March 2012, the Supreme Court handed down its keenly anticipated judgment in the Employers…
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Case Comment: O’Brien v MoJ [2010] UKSC 34, Opinion of Advocate General Kokott (C-393/10)
By Claire Darwin, Matrix
In August 2010, the Supreme Court unanimously referred the appeal of Mr O’Brien QC, a former fee-paid…
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Case Comment: Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Ltd & Ors [2011] UKSC 17
Background and First Instance Decision
This case concerned the liability of employers in the Derbyshire and Nottingham knitting industry for hearing loss suffered by employees during the years prior to 1 January 1990. The central issue was whether liab…
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Case Comment: Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher & Ors [2011] UKSC 41
In its recent decision in Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher & Ors [2011] UKSC 41, the Supreme Court confirmed that an employment tribunal should consider whether the terms of a written contract represent what was actually agreed between the parties, not only…
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Case Comment: Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron & Ors [2011] UKSC 26
Businesses and undertakings are merged, transferred and taken over every day of the week. The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 and their successors, the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulatio…
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Case Comment: Duncombe & Ors v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families [2011] UKSC 14
As we reported in our case preview on 1 March 2011, at issue in Duncombe was whether successive fixed-term contracts for seconded teaching staff to European schools were objectively justifiable under the Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favoura…
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Case Comment: Gisda Cyf v Barratt [2010] UKSC 41
Determining the effective date of termination of employment is essential for the purposes of calculating the date from which the time limit for bringing relevant employment tribunal claims starts to run and whether a claim has been brought in time.
In …
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